People first.
Potential always.
A thoughtful connection between patient care, clinical education, and research.
A personal approach.
A shared ambition.
Helping people in our region move forward, while helping the profession move forward too.
Active Potential Rehabilitation Services brings together physiotherapy assessment and treatment, clinical education, and research. Our care is centred on the person: listening to your concerns, understanding your goals, and drawing on advanced training in manual therapy, orthopaedics, and neurology.
We aim to make every visit feel relaxed, respectful, and professional. Alongside patient care, we provide postgraduate learning opportunities for physiotherapists, healthcare providers, and students.
Better care begins
with understanding.
Care that listens
Multidisciplinary assessment and treatment, informed by your experience and your individual needs.
Knowledge that grows
Ongoing clinical learning, postgraduate education, and the development and sharing of research.
Research into practice
Bringing research findings into clinical care and teaching, with an interest in musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.
Paolo Sanzo
Clinical experience, a researcher’s curiosity, and a commitment to helping people.
Paolo Sanzo is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology at Lakehead University and at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University. He is also the Director of Active Potential Rehabilitation Services and MSK Academy and recognized as a Clinical Specialist (Musculoskeletal) Physiotherapist in Canada. Paolo is a lead instructor and examiner for the community based IFOMPT accredited AIM Program of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the President of IFOMPT, the specialty group representing physical therapists that work in the manual therapy, orthopaedics, and musculoskeletal area, and a Technical Consultant for World Physiotherapy. Paolo is a full time academic and clinical researcher but also continues to practice as a clinician seeing complex cases.
Where practice
meets possibility.
A contribution to the profession
Paolo has authored four textbooks on length tension techniques for examining muscle flexibility, published in peer-reviewed journals, and presented at provincial, national, and international conferences.
Continually learning.
Thoughtfully treating.
His research connects rehabilitation and sports medicine with the clinical, biomechanical, and physiological aspects of human movement and gait.
Research interests
- Medical and clinical applications of shockwave therapy
- Therapeutic taping, biomechanics, and sports performance
- Length tension testing and muscle flexibility
- Muscle and myofascial relationships in musculoskeletal disorders
Let’s find
your next step.
Tell us what matters to you. We’ll help you explore the care and support that may fit your needs.
Let’s connect.
359 Clover Beach West RoadShuniah, ON P7A 0E2, Canada 807-626-2414 activepotentialrehab@tbaytel.net